Palapalooza

Wednesday, 4 August 2010

Hey, It's Starbuy again, and welcome to my review, analysis and tips on how to be a succesful Prot Paladin in 3.3.5! As we all know, Prot Paladins are the tanks of our beautiful class. I will be talking on many topics, and hopefully, you will all learn at least 1 thing, and maybe I, will learn some things :P Without further delay, let me begin;

Rotation is a tricky one. We are loosely bound to a 969 tanking rotation, but how well you do that rotation is quite dependant. The way I tank is by using a priority system, along with a sort of FCFS (First-Come, First-Served) rotation. Basically, You need to ALWAYS keep Holy Shield and Consecration up if you want to keep some good TPS. You also need to keep JoW up if you don't want to oom. Avenger's Shield is always a good choice as a high TPS move, and so is SoR. HotR however, sits as more of a filler move. It provides constant TPS on a short CD, but tbh, It is dwarfed by all our other moves, therefore my priority system looks like this;

HS>JoW>Cons.>AV>SoR>HotR.

3. Gearing

I know I am going to get slated for this, But I shall say it anyway. On MOST tanking gear, iLvl really is everything. The possible exclusions to this rule are trinkets and Tier pieces. The reason for this is very simply, the higher the iLvl, the more stamina it has, and Stamina, is hands down, our best stat (after Def. Cap ofc).

You always want to push for T104pc ASAP. It's an extra defensive CD, tied into an ability you always use, what more could you need. I would much rather take a tank with 4pcT10.251 than someone with full 277 in those slots but no Tier.

Now then, the tricky subject of trinkets. I am going to assume you have def. Cap when I write this list :P The trinkets are ranked in descending order;

So there we have it. The end :) I hope you all know more about Prot Paly's now, and continue to use this resource to help you :) If you have any requests, please leave them in the comments and I'll see what I can do ;)

Hey!! Starbuy here :) Now I'm not going to lie. I play World of Warcraft a lot. So much, I decided to make a blog about it. More specifically, about the magnificent (and rather sparkly) class that is 'Paladins'.

In this blog, I will be making regular posts about The future of the class, where we stand now, and where we used to stand, In both PvE and PvP.

Anyway, a little about me. I'm a 16 year old guy, living in Leicester, England. I've played a Paladin since late TBC, and since then, have become a semi-hardcore raider. I raid using my little bedroom rig, which, surprisingly, allows me to output 60-100 fps on near-ultra settings (all but view distance and dynamic shadows)! I also am running using a stable internet connection, with roughly 4mb/s download speed, transmitted on a rather expensive router and received by a rather cheap wireless adaptor :P However, I still manage to hit around 50-100ms at the worst of times.

Now, about my in game character. I play a Draenei Paladin on Frostmane EU, surprisingly, called Starbuy! It was my first character, and will most likely always be my main, simply because i love the depth and diversity of the paladin class. I have raided as all 3 specs, But at the moment, I am specializing in Protection and Holy, however, i know my way around a fair ret spec (topping 14k on Saurfang with 10% ICC buff :P). My gear; In Protection, I am geared completely from ICC25 or higher, Retri ICC10 or higher and Holy, mostly ICC10, with a few ToC pieces, But I'm working on it (I still maintain a pretty constant 8-10k HPS on most fights, so not awful :P)

Continuing on; In this blog I aim to look at the ins-and-outs of the paladin class, where we originated from, how we are at present and where we will one day be. I am currently preparing a few blog posts on the lovely subjects of;

- Holy Power and How it affects you!
- Prot: How to in 3.3.5?
- Retri: How to in 3.3.5?
- Holy: How to in 3.3.5?

This -should- all be posted in the next 3-4 days, and then you can feast your eyes and learn all there is to know, about the wonderful class of Paladins.